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Re: [amibroker] Re: How to use AUX1 and AUX2?


  • Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:13:53 +0100
  • From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: How to use AUX1 and AUX2?

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Use AddToComposite and "1" (for aux1) and "2" (for aux2) fields.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobkrish" <bobk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:57 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: How to use AUX1 and AUX2?


> I'd like to store computed properties of a stock in the Aux1, and Aux2 fields. Does anyone have a code example of how to use the 
> OLE/COM features for doing this within an AA/Exploration? I could write out an ASCII file and then re-import it, but that seems to 
> be rather brute-force.  The properties I'm adding are computed using the OSAKA plug-in involving a large array for each stock - so 
> I need to save the data (for use in a trading system).
>
> Bob Krishfield
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@...> wrote:
>>
>> Sure will do that.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Herman
>>   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; AmiBroker Support
>>   Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 11:24 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [amibroker] How to use AUX1 and AUX2?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   OK, i think i know why the confusion: AUX1 and AUX2 are not formatted like a reserved word (like Close, Sell, etc) in the 
>> editor. They look like non-reserved words. However the syntax check does not flag them down as uninitialized variables so the are 
>> reserved variable names.
>>
>>   Is it possible to format/color them like other reserved keywords?
>>
>>
>>
>>   Many thanks,
>>   herman
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
>>     They work the same as OHLCV arrays.
>>     You can write to them, but what you write is NOT stored to database.
>>     These are built-in price arrays and in order to protect from modifying quotes by mistake
>>     you are writing to temporary runtime copies of OHLCVA1A2 arrays.
>>
>>     In order to actually write to database you need to use AddToComposite or COM or ASCII importer.
>>
>>     Best regards,
>>     Tomasz Janeczko
>>     amibroker.com
>>       ----- Original Message ----- 
>>       From: Herman
>>       To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>       Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 8:08 PM
>>       Subject: Re: [amibroker] How to use AUX1 and AUX2?
>>
>>
>>       ahh, so they can't be assigned values, or be read, like we do OHLCVI fields? Thus, i gather, these fields cannot be used in 
>> a loop?
>>
>>       AUX1[b] = 999;
>>       MyData = AUX[b]
>>
>>       I have a host of other uses, like storing real trade information so that these can easily be accessed and plotted - with 
>> having to compare DT all the time.
>>
>>       Thanks for the reply,
>>       herman
>>
>>       Tomasz Janeczko wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Aux1 and Aux2 fields are intended to be used as:
>>
>> 1. Storage for extra quotation data such as bid/ask figures
>> 2. Storage for other data such as trading volume expressed in dollars, volume-weigted average price, etc
>> 3. Extra fields for AddToComposite/Foreign (use "1" field ID for aux1 and "2" for aux2 in Foreign/AddToComposite calls)
>>
>> You can store values to those fields either using ASCII importer or
>> using OLE or using AddToComposite
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> AddToComposite( array, Name(), "1") ; // store array to aux1
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Herman" <psytek@...>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 7:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] How to use AUX1 and AUX2?
>>
>>
>>   any AUX1 and AUX2 users out there?
>>
>> As is often the case some very useful new features sit on the shelf for
>> a long time before people start using them, simply because they are not
>> documented for the simple user. Tomasz, please give a sales pitch as
>> what we can do with the new array expansion - its a waste to let it go
>> to waste :-)
>>
>> herman
>>
>> Herman wrote:
>>     I can't find any examples on how to use the two new AUX1 and AUX2
>> fields. Can anyone give an example?
>>
>> When working with the current ticker, how do i assign a value to one of
>> these fields? How do i read it back?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> herma
>>
>>
>>
>>
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